Well, folks, a change of pace is good from the pitcher’s mound but maybe not so much on an interactive blog such as LADT. However, this is what I have. That is, some of the players that piqued my interest in the past few days. I do not have the time and LADT does not have the space to include all of those who have made me take a second look in those few days. I did note that we had no MiLB Players of the Week for the past week.
Although I have never tried to climb the mountain, from observing I can see just how difficult it is to make it to MLB. I really don’t get my dander up with comments, remarks, debate, criticism, attacks against Doc, AF, the Dodger relief corps, Bellinger, etc. Win or lose, the sun has never failed to come up in my many decades of Dodger baseball. It is still a game while other things going on are not a game.
What does cause me to boil over a bit is when minor league players are disrespected in print. That is, they are seen just as pawns to fill out a roster or are seen just as a number on a prospect list or unworthy because they are not on a top 30 or top 100 list. Each player has two numbers. First, all are No. 1, equal in value as young men and young ballplayers. Secondly, each has a score of 100. That is the time, the effort, the commitment, the personal and family sacrifice to spend several years attempting to get to MLB and for most living on subsistence allowances. Each is that ant in Frank Sinatra’s song trying to move a rubber tree plant because they have high hopes.
How important are minor league players? Take them all away and MLB collapses in a few years or tries to go to a basketball, football draft system which would dramatically reduce the number of MLB teams.
Hyun-il Choi – Great Lakes Loons
Mark touched on Choi’s progress on Sunday. Although it doesn’t seem possible, Hyun-il Choi was signed by the Dodgers out of Korea three years ago on August 24, 2018, and fresh out of high school. It was thought at the time that he most likely would have been the number one overall selection in the Korea Baseball Organization Draft if he had not been signed by the Dodgers. His signing bonus was small compared to the top dollars garnered by top-five selections in the First-Year Player Draft in the United States. His bonus rang in at $300,000.
No doubt the Dodgers were/are hoping that they have succeeded with a trifecta after having signed the two previous most successful MLB pitchers from Korea – Chan Ho Park and Hyun-Jin Ryu.
At the time of his signing, Choi had a fastball in the low 90s, an impressive velocity for someone at his age. The curve naturally needed work, but significantly had a solid difference in velocity from his fastball. He also has a respectable changeup with downward movement, a pitch that was considered to have a great deal of potential.
Choi, as with all MiLB players, lost the 2020 season to the pandemic. However, at age 21 he now has had the better part of two seasons to work on his craft.
The 6’2”/200-lb. right-hander debuted with the Arizona League Dodgers on June 17, 2017. Although his first two innings were not very memorable as he gave up four earned runs, he did provide a glimpse of things to come as he struck out four and walked none.
He topped the Rookie-level Arizona League in 2019 with 71 strikeouts in 65 innings while walking 11. His ERA was 2.63 along with a WHIP of 1.05. He did hit eight batters.
Choi worked at home in Korea during the 2020 pandemic year and returned to the United States for 2021 spring training. Thus far during the current campaign, he has made two stops.
With the Low-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes over 65 innings pitched he posted a 3.17 ERA and a 0.83 WHIP along with 75 strikeouts and 7 walks.
Following his promotion to High-A Choi has made four starts with the Loons and over 18.2 innings he has posted a 1.93 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP. He has struck out 18 and walked three. Over 84 combined innings in 2021 his HBP number had tumbled to three.
Choi has been used primarily in a starting role and even in a piggy-back situation has pitched multiple innings. Over his past 15 appearances, he has failed to go at least four innings just once. He is on an innings/pitch count regiment and even so has made six 5-inning appearances and one 6-inning appearance.
This is from a LA Times article:
“He has not added much velocity to his fastball fastball over time and still sits in the the low 90s and tops out at 94. It is considered to be a solid offering because he can command it to either side of the plate and sneak it by hitters up in the strike zone. His changeup works well in tandem with his heater and has similar movement, showing signs of becoming a plus pitch and neutralizing left-handers. He employs two different breaking balls, a low-80s slider with depth and a mid-70s curveball he uses to give batters a different look.
Choi’s control and command are quite advanced for a young pitcher. Working from a low three-quarters slot that adds deception, he locates his pitches where he wants and moves them around the strike zone. There’s not much projection remaining in his 6-foot-2 frame, but he does come with a high floor and eventually could fit into the back of a big league rotation.”
Yeiner Fernandez – Arizona Complex Dodgers
Fernandez is one of the four catchers the Dodgers signed out of Venezuela. With Keibert Ruiz now in the Washington system, there are now three Venezuelan catchers in the Dodgers minor league system.
The 5’9”/180-lb. a native of Barquisimeto was signed by the Dodgers on July 2, 2019. Having missed the 2020 season due to Covid-19, this is the 18-year-old’s first professional season.
He is currently one of the best, if not the best hitter on the Arizona Complex Dodgers. Thus far he has posted a triple slash of .315/.364/.441 with an OPS of .805.
Yeiner Fernandez was a star in the 2015 Little League World Series for Venezuela, and according to FanGraphs, his deal with the Dodgers was one of the first done in the class. Fernandez adds another catching prospect to watch to a system already loaded with them, and he’s good enough behind the plate to stay there for the foreseeable future.
This from a question to Kyle Glaser:
Matt (Denver): “Any sleepers in the organization you expect to jump onto the radar in 2021?”
Kyle Glaser: “Keep an eye on Jerming Rosario and Yeiner Fernandez among the young international players. James Outman is an athletic outfielder who keeps making an impression and is worth keeping tabs on.”
Moving on Up:
Last week some moves were made in the Dodgers minor league system. (August 16-21)
From ACL Dodgers to Rancho Cucamonga
RHP Nick Nastrini (2021 – 4th round)
RHP Emmet Sheehan (2021 – 6th round)
OF Luke McKenzie (UFO 2019)
From Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to Great Lakes Loons
LHP Lael Lockhart (2021 – 9th round)
RHP Michael Hobbs ( 2021 -10th round
RHP Antonio Knowles (2021 – 13th round)
LHP Julian Smith (2018 – 15th round)
RHP Gavin Stone (2020 – 5th round)
From Great Lakes Loons to Tulsa Drillers
RHP Zack Plunkett (2019 – 20th round)
RHP -Melvin Jimenez (Int. Free Agent – 2015)
RHP Clayton Beeter (CB round B – 2020)
From Great Lakes Loons to OKC Dodgers
INF Deacon Liput (2018 – 10th round)
Lael Lockhart, Michael Hobbs, and Antonio Knowles combined for 3.2 scoreless innings with the Loons in their debut on Saturday. Finishing with 1.2 scoreless frames, Lockhart allowed only one hit, needing 23 pitches with 20 of them for strikes.
Antonio Knowles threw a near-immaculate inning, striking out the side on 12 pitches, nine of them strikes.
Michael Hobbs also struck out the side in the final frame for Great Lakes.
Melvin Jimenez – Tulsa Drillers
It seems that Jimenez has been around forever, yet he is still age-22 and with the AA Drillers. One of the forever periods in baseball is becoming eligible for the Rule-5 Draft. Jimenez is eligible for a Rule-5 selection so his name might just come into play this fall.
The 6’0”/170-lb. right-hander was signed as an international free agent by the Dodgers in December of 2015 out of Santiago in the Dominican Republic.
He has had three stints with the Great Lakes Loons. Melvin Jimenez, who began playing baseball at age six, joined the Loons roster on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, and made his Loons debut just one day later against the Cedar Rapids Kernels as a 17-year-old. At that time he was 17 years, 11 months, and 27 days old when he came in to pitch the start of the 4th inning on Thursday, July 20. Jimenez became the second-youngest Loon ever at the time of their debut.
Easy fun fact – who was the youngest Loon ever at the time of his first Loons appearance?
At that time Jimenez said he threw a fastball, curveball, and changeup with his favorite pitch being the heater. “I have the most confidence in my fastball and it’s the pitch I have the most control with.” Pedro Martinez threw a pretty good fastball in his day and Jimenez indicated Pedro is his favorite major leaguer. Unlike Pedro, Jimenez has morphed into a relief pitcher with high leverage situations a possibility for him.
Jimenez still hasn’t reached the pinnacle that he seemed destined for but for many pitchers they would take his minor league stats which feature a 3.12 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP and an opponents batting average of .188. Over 248.1 minor league innings, he has struck out 320 but herein lies his challenge. He has walked 112. He has the “stuff” but his difficulty with control causes him to throw too many pitches.
In his debut with the Drillers on Saturday, he threw 28 pitches but only eight for strikes. AC and I have both followed Melvin Jimenez and are waiting for the control and command to fall into place. When it does, he will no longer be an unknown in the Dodgers farm system.
Guillermo Zuniga – Tulsa Drillers
Remember Guillermo? He was signed by the Dodgers in December of 2017 after being granted free agency as a result of the Braves being stripped of 13 international prospects.
Since then he has made stops with the Arizona League Dodgers, Great Lakes Loons, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, and this year with the Drillers. His current campaign has been abbreviated by injury. Zuniga, pitching in his first game since June 29, worked a perfect fourth inning on Saturday with one strikeout.
His pitching stats for 2021 include an ERA of 3.16 over 25.2 innings pitched along with 40 strikeouts and 11 walks.
Andrew Shaps – Great Lakes Loons
Outfielder Andrew Shaps was signed by the Dodgers in the 31st round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft out of William Jessup University in California. His career has taken a sharp turn.
Here is his story as previously posted on LADT:
https://ladodgertalk.com/2018/07/22/dodger-chatter-another-andrew/
The turn in his career is that he has become a pitcher, moving away from his outfield role. At first, I thought he was just brought in to toss some pitches in a blowout or when the relief corps had been depleted. However, in July and August, he has pitched at a rate often used for relievers although he is still listed as an outfielder on the Loons roster.
The pitching line for the 25-year-old left-hander includes 15 appearances over 14 innings pitched in which he has allowed one earned run. His ERA, as a result, is 0.64 while his WHIP is 0.86 and his opponents are hitting .113 against him. He has struck out 14 and walked six.
I am not sure what his future holds but his work ethic and enthusiasm for the game seem to be shouting “coach” as they do with catcher Stevie Berman currently on the Drillers roster.
Choi will be in an MLB rotation in a couple of years. To me, he just has a “feel” for pitching.
I have read all the glowing reports about Fernandez but have not seen him.
Jiminez is a puzzle. To me, he seems to have peaked. I hope I am wrong…
When I see Choi pitch he really reminds me of Ryu. He is all business and keeps hitters off balance and his emotions totally under control too.
Jimenez might have peaked but that peak might be enough if home plate would just stand still. Just about every time he throws a pitch his hat comes off.
That’s funny because I was going to say that he reminded me of a RH Ryu but I chickened out.
Zach McKinstry was 2-3 last night with 2 BB. At some point, he should return. He has been playing 2B.
I love Zach, the oblique injury really derailed him this year. It’s hard to believe he’s actually older than Cody Bellinger!
So the post-Kershaw, post-Scherzer rotation could be….
Buhler
Urias
May (fingers crossed!)
Gonsolin
Choi/White/Miller/Pepiot/Jackson… and later Maddux Bruns and Peter Huebeck and everybody I’m forgetting.
(Forget which of Knack and Beeter is more likely to be an RP.)
If Choi is like Ryu, great. Except that Choi didn’t have a baseball-mad father to train the natural righty to throw lefthanded to enhance his value as a pitcher.
Losing May hurt more than losing Bauer.
Beeter is more likely to be a RP from what I can gather. However, he is now being used in a starting role to see how that goes. He has a good fastball and curve ball. Continuance as a starter may well hinge on a third pitch which would be a change up so he could meet a line up for the third time.
This from a FanGraphs article last June.
David Laurila: Let’s start with how you self-identify as a pitcher. Give me a scouting report on yourself.
Clayton Beeter: “I would say I’ve got an overpowering fastball paired with an overpowering curveball. I can also mix in a changeup if I need to.”
Laurila: “You mentioned your curveball. Do you throw a slider, as well?
Beeter: “No. I only throw a curveball, but sometimes when I’m trying to bury it with two strikes it maybe ends up being harder and more like a slider.”
Laurila: Did you model yourself after anyone prior to seeing Nick Anderson?
Beeter: “Not really. When I was in college, the Astros were on a tear and Gerrit Cole was doing his thing. I saw how his fastball played, and kind of saw how mine played in similar locations in the zone. So I did watch him a lot, and I’ve been watching Shane Bieber a lot. That’s pretty much it.”
Laurila: Those guys are starters. I don’t know if your future role been determined yet…
Beeter; “I don’t know either. We’re in the same boat on that one.”
Good write-up today, DC. Interesting info.
Thanks DC. It’s always fun to see how the young guys are progressing. With the constant talk of stuff it’s nice to see a young pitcher with command and a feel for pitching. I look forward to seeing Choi pitch.
Notice how little people post when some moron doesn’t call them morons?
😉
you rang?
We have no objection with being called stupid. We just want the right to call you stupid too! 🙂
Well, you do. Some do it very elequently.
I respect your skills as a businessman, Mark. I was a financial advisor before my current profession and I just was never comfortable with sales.
My motto is that you are either selling or you are getting sold!
Or if there’s been no game to reflect on.
There’s nothing little about me but thanks Mark!
I remember my sister taking me to see that movie where Frank Sinatra sang that song. Remember that scene vividly but I don’t remember much about the movie. Does anyone know the name of that movie? I guess I could look it up on Google but just trying to start some conversation
Approx what year?
1958 or59
“High Hopes” is a popular song first popularized by Frank Sinatra, with music written by James Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.[1] It was introduced by Sinatra and child actor Eddie Hodges in the 1959 film A Hole in the Head, was nominated for a Grammy, and won an Oscar for Best Original Song at the 32nd Academy Awards.[
cheers
pb+
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!
Eddie Hodges – “Knock on Your Door, Ring on Your Bell…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRIhld4O68cD
………tap on your window too.” It’s the same Eddie Hodges,
JFK also used it for his Presidential campaign in 1960.
Charlie Watts – Dead at 80!
he had a good run
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave
RIP Charlie. Rolling Stones one of my all-time favorite bands
RIP Charlie.
Still love the Stones. My favorite ever. I got in his way once at the coliseum in Ft. Wayne. He swore at me. So cool! (I most likely deserved it.) I was 18.
Do you live near the Fort?
Live in Nashville now, but raised near “the Fort”. Most of my relatives still live in that area.
Ft. Wayne has really changed in the past 20 years. Downtown is way cool and Parkview Field is one of my favorites. I usually go there twice a month as I live in Indy.
Nashville is also very cool.
RIP Charlie. Was always more of a Beatles guy, but the Stones had some great tunes. I still do Play With Fire and Honky Tonk Woman.
I broke up with a girl in HS by playing SATISFACTION on the juke box at the pool hall I practically resided in back then.
cheers
pb+
Good song. I played it live once. Had a pretty good guitar player behind me who knew the riff by heart. I think Play With Fire was very under rated as a song. One of their rare ballads. Also loved 2000 Light Years From Home.
Thanks DC for you information on these young players. And more thanks for the respect you show them and your comment about them not being pawns to fill out rosters or unworthy because they weren’t a high draft pick or high on a prospect list. These guys are chasing a dream too. One of the things I really like about the Dodgers is once a kid is in the organization, they are given the same coaching and development opportunities as the next guy. That’s why we find diamonds in the rough. I always to try to post stuff from a player’s perspective. These guys aren’t pawns or robots. What they are trying to accomplish isn’t easy. It’s fun, but not easy. They are kids keeping their dreams alive.
RIP – Charlie Watts
Thanks pj. Couldn’t have said it better myself.
I think back to John Lindsey who spent so many years in the minors. Then the Dodgers finally gave him some time in MLB. And he got his hit.
Dodgers: Former LA GM Thinks Cody Bellinger is ‘Odd Man Out’ with Mookie Returning
Once Betts gets back, the Dodgers will once again have an extra outfielder.
by Eric Eulau
Superstar outfielder Mookie Betts could be activated from the 10-day IL as soon as this Thursday. His return is much needed, but it also could have a large impact on one of his fellow MVP teammates. Cody Bellinger.
Former Dodgers GM and current Sportsnet LA analyst Ned Colletti was asked on AM 570’s Dodger Talk if Bellinger is the “odd man out” once Betts returns.
“I think so. It’s been a struggle. The guys that can elevate a fastball, he’s struggled with. There’s no doubt about it. You’re going to need him to really get it going again, but you also have to figure out when to do that. You have only have thirty-some games to go. You’re trailing. You have to put your best team out there.”
Bellinger Not at His Best
Colletti also commented that you have to play your best players. For Colletti, and some Dodgers fans, Cody Bellinger doesn’t fall under that category right now.
The 2019 MVP hasn’t been anywhere close to his best this year. He missed the majority of April and May with injuries and also underwent offseason shoulder surgery. Now 66 games into his 2021, Bellinger is slashing .174/.258/.336 with a 64 wRC+ through Sunday. His 27.7% strikeout rate is the highest of his career.
Bellinger’s inability to find any rhythm at the plate may result in significantly reduced playing time during the stretch run.
I would agree that if Bellinger can’t get it together, then he is the odd man out. However, I would not pull the plug until early September.
I still believe, but maybe he doesn’t!
It will take some time.
I heard Ned say that in a different interview a couple of weeks ago when Trea was activated and it worked itself out. I’m pretty certain that Doc will continue to give Pollock his usual rest, JT rest and Mookie rest at least once a week. Others will also have to be rested periodically including CT3, who has played the most out of any regular and has 48 strikeouts more than the next closest player on the team. That means Belli will probably miss a game or two a week. Hardly “Odd man out”.
The big decision doesn’t get made until the post season begins.
Wow. a baseball guy on the inside and not in Indiana calls it like he sees it. Hoping for Bellinger to “get it together this year” is a lost cause. Play your best while the rest sit.
Love Cody, but to think he’ll suddenly “find himself” is not going to happen this year.
Yeah, I am just a guy from Indiana, but at least I never signed Andruw Jones or Jason Schmidt!
or………. Trevor Bauer. Mic drop!
I was also against signing Bauer, but who could have predicted this?
Speaking of Trevor Bauer, wanna’ read some really stupid S__T?
https://www.truebluela.com/2021/8/23/22628902/trevor-bauer-restraining-order-denied-mlb-investigation-dodgers
TOTAL MORONISM!
Charlie Watts Highlights:
I quit posting on TBLA quite some time ago. The mob mentality, and the inability for a small group to accept and respect a dissenting point of view is alarming. I find that blog kind of weird as some posters routinely post about their personal struggles with mental health, anger issues and a “aim, ready, fire” point of view with an inability to see and/or respect anyone else’s point.
Nosler at Dodgers Digest has completely lost his mind on the TB issue. LADT is the Dodger blog for me.
Go Dodgers!
Excelente artículo DC, muchas gracias por mantenernos al tanto de estos muchachos, y si, son nuestras grandes esperanzas para el futuro, de nuevo ¡¡¡Gracias¡¡¡
Translation:
Excellent DC article, thank you so much for keeping us up to date with these guys, and yes, they are our high hopes for the future, again Thank you!
Gracias José por tus amables palabras y por tu interés en los jugadores de ligas menores de los Dodgers.
Donde vives?
Hola DC, soy de Guadalajara Jalisco México y soy ferviente fanático de los Dodgers desde 1965 cuando vi algunos partidos de la serie mundial de ese año, creo que eran los Mellizos de Minnesota con Zoilo Versalles de SS. Si me encantan tus actualizaciones de el sistema de desarrollo de nuestro equipo y es un gran hallazgo el haber encontrado LADTalk, mucho gusto en conocerte.
Un placer conocerte. Vivo en Nueva Escocia en Canadá.
Recuerdo bien la Serie Mundial de 1965.
Solía trabajar con un chico de Guadalara en los 90’s. Dijo que era como una jungla en la ciudad en la que creció. Se ve muy hermosa.
Gracias B and P, sigue siendo bonita la ciudad, quizá enturbiada por los problemas socio políticos en los que está inmerso todo mi país. Me gustan tus brillantes publicaciones y la maestría como lo planteas.
Eres demasiado bueno
Si los pollos tuvieran labios serían personas.
Great stuff DC. I always enjoy your posts. Story on Yahoo about the haves and have nots in baseball. Blaming a lot of it on the Dodgers because their payroll is higher than anyone else and they seem to have unlimited resources. It also opined that the competitive balance will not be restored until this is fixed. The proposal for lowering the luxury tax threshold that MLB made to the MLBPA shows they would like to move in that direction. But you can bet the house the MLBPA is not going to bite on that. They do not want their members making less money. I look for this CBA negotiation to not be pretty. And it will be contentious. Urias back on the bump tonight in Dago. At least he is supposed to be. On the Dodger website they show TBA.
Pac-12, ACC and Big 10 coming together to form a super conference. Probably to combat the SEC’s moves. College football getting ready to start. My second favorite sport. Go Trojan’s!
Bear here are my thoughts on the alliance between the Pac-12, ACC and Big 10. Unless I missed something this morning this alliance is a gesture to have the 3 conferences work together, but to what end other then get together and sing Kumbaya. Other than trying to keep up with the SEC adding Texas and Oklahoma and the potential of getting a contract worth 90 million per school from ESPN, what is this alliance going to do? There are already crossover games and this may lead to more perhaps but the conferences will still play the schools in their conference. So that’s no big change. They can try to vote as a block so the SEC doesn’t rule everything. But it sounds like they’re opposed to an expanded 12 team playoff format. Which is exactly what the PAC-12 needs. It would allow the USC’s to get into the dance which isn’t happening to the PAC-12 now.
Maybe they will try to negotiate a new TV deal together but good luck. The existing deals are not going away. So the PAC-12 will continue to make 34 million a year, the SEC makes double that per school and perhaps more when Texas and Oklahoma enter the league.
In the meantime the Big 12 is basically done. No partners anywhere and no attractive schools really to join the PAC-12, ACC and the Big10. USC can help the whole league by being a powerhouse again. Until then I see this alliance as just a toothless response to the SEC.
They are talking about reducing the in conference games to 9. That would allow more games against the other two. It is a work in progress.
Actually Bear, I believe the discussion is to reduce the muber of conference games in the PAC-12, ACC and Big10 to 8 games to allow one mote cross over match up, while the SEC will move to 9 with Texas and Oklahoma. But there are already crossover games like Wash – Michigan and Oregon – Ohio State this season. In the futureI don’t see Maryland – WSU moving a lot of dials.
Same with expansion. I don’t see College Gameday being in Corvallis for the OSU-Kansas game.
Ahora a enfocarnos en los Pads, ellos se juegan la temporada contra Dodgers, querran hacernos tropezar en la persecución de Giants y les causará placer hacerlo. En mi opinión los Reds ya les ganaron el segundo comodin porque Pads está muy diezmado.
Espero que el equipo se desempeñe a la altura de gran fuerza que son con equipo completo.
Just in time for the Met/Giants series:
Mets To Activate Francisco Lindor From Injured List
By Anthony Franco | August 24, 2021 at 3:10pm CDT
I am a Lindor Fan tonight. I hope he hits 5 Grand Slams!
De acuerdo Mark, así justifica el altísimo salario que devenga y avanzamos 1 juego
DODGERS ACTIVATE JULIO URÍAS
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers activated left-handed pitcher Julio Urías on from the injured list and designated right-handed pitcher Neftalí Féliz for assignment.
Urías, 25, returns after missing nine games with a left calf contusion. The southpaw is tied for the team lead in victories with Walker Buehler and is second in the Major Leagues with 13 and is 13-3 with a 3.29 ERA (51 ER/139.2 IP) and 149 strikeouts in 24 starts. In parts of six seasons with the Dodgers, he is combined 25-10 with a 3.23 ERA (136 ER/378.2 IP) and 381 strikeouts. He was originally signed by the Dodgers on August 17, 2012 as an international free agent out of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Féliz, 33, made one appearance for the Dodgers, tossing a scoreless inning on Sunday afternoon. The 2010 All-Star has spent 10 years in the Major Leagues with Texas (2009-2015), Detroit (2015), Pittsburgh (2016), Kansas City (2017), Milwaukee (2017), Philadelphia (2021) and Los Angeles (2021), going a combined 21-20 with a 3.56 ERA (155 ER/391.1 IP) and 107 saves. He appeared in 13 games for Triple-A Oklahoma City this season, going 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 18.2 innings. He was signed by the Dodgers on July 5, 2021.
Figured as much. Greene is on a MLB deal, Feliz is not.
Wow, Feliz looked really good. What a bummer.
Tonight’s lineup:
HITTERS H-AB RBI HR SB AVG
T. Turner2B 144-446 54 19 24 .323
M. Muncy1B 99-371 76 28 2 .267
J. Turner3B 115-403 69 21 1 .285
W. SmithC 83-323 59 18 2 .257
C. SeagerSS 62-223 31 6 1 .278
C. TaylorRF 119-425 66 18 12 .280
A. PollockLF 98-319 51 15 8 .307
C. BellingerCF 41-235 31 9 2 .174
J. UriasP 9-46 8 0 0 .196
What was the point of switching Seager and Smith? Dodgers can’t stand seeing 3 right handed bats in a row?
Shouldn’t Uriah be batting eighth
Don’t get excited just kidding
Belli said that.
They’ve kept Greene on the roster because they don’t want to waste any position player arms in case the game gets out of hand. 🙂
I have a sinking feeling that Feliz is going to come back and bite them in the ass.
Damn… Losing Charlie Watts is a gut punch for me… I’m a loyal Stones fan since the 60’s…
It just won’t seem right to see some one else behind the drums… Am I the only one that thinks Keith Richards has embalming fluid running in his veins???
Lets put a hurt on the Madres tonite…
Better living through chemistry there Pete. He looks like he has been dead for years. Loved him in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies though, and Paul McCartney’s cameo in the last one was classic.
Does that cause the face to look like a thumbprint?
Damn those midgets, they’re already up 3-0
1st and 3rd with two outs in the top of the third
They are playing the Mets, who are 2 for their last 11. They have a young pitcher going who the Mets have never seen, and they just put Longoria and Desclafani on the IL. They are doing what they have to do to win. Dodgers need to take care of their own business.
So true Bear, but if they keep winning we’re going to be stuck in a wildcard, just saying
Let’s go out and put the hurt on the madres tonight
Maybe, maybe not. Giants have some tough opponents coming up. Dodgers need to take care of the Padres, then while they are playing the Rockies this weekend the Giants are playing the Braves then the Brewers over a 7 game stretch while LA faces the Rocks and the Braves before the two meet up next weekend Dodgers play 6 in that span while the Giants play 7. Padres have one less game to play than the Dodgers, and the Dodgers when they meet SF next weekend will have exactly the same amount of games left as the Giants do. And the rosters expand that weekend.
Giants are winning easily. Hope things change
Smith bomb. Solo shot. Let’s go. !!!!!
Yessssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smith comes thru again!! Padres has a 7-3 record so far against us. Let’s make that 7-12 by the end of the year. Padres also have 10 games left vs SF. So with 19 games left vs us and SF, it doesn’t seem very likely that the Padres will make the playoffs. Too bad ha ha ha.
Glad Pollock saved all his leap for tonight
How do you like me now. Unfreaking believable what a catch!!!
Pollock!!!!
Good day for single A
Ward, Pages, etc.
The system is deep.
New talent emerges
That 6th inning there wasn’t just about it being the 6th inning.
That was about Bickford being brought in to face Tatis and Machado, regardless of inning.
And he passed that test
Cody does nothing
He’ll either play his way into the lineup or out of it , there’s nothing we can do.
As long as we are winning that saves them from making a decision
Nice battle Kenley
What can you say about Pollock
Pretty sure Joe called that gone
Right now if we had one game to win I think I’d want to have Vesia and Bickford to close it out! Pollock made a much better effort tonight taking that homer away than the other day!
Will someone explain the twitch in Jansen delivery.
Explain what you mean exactly
Not sure what he was doing but he seemed uncomfortable about something.
The only thing I can think of is that normal timing mechanism that he has Maybe I didn’t see what you were talking about, also know he was upset about getting the signs right
That is his timing mechanism. He has been doing that for quite a while. He did it all of last year. Butane tomorrow. Jansen never makes it easy. Mookie back on Thursday, and I think I would send Cody down until next weekend when the rosters expand. He has become an automatic out. I think he either needs to go to AAA or, send him to Arizona so he can have controlled at bats and let him get plenty of repetitions against fastballs and maybe teach him that snakes cannot hit that low crap he is swinging at. So how the hell is he supposed to hit it.
Yeah I hate to say it but it seems like he’s reverted back to the worst he’s ever been.
Thanks for confirming my thought about Jansen’s timing mechanism. I wasn’t sure if I missed something that MP was talking about
Five runs on six hits. Very nice. It’s also very nice to see 0 fer by Tatis and Machado’s names!